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Policy Point: Interim measure required for NCEA Literacy and Numeracy

From 2026, students will have to pass new assessments in reading, writing and numeracy to attain any level of NCEA. However, pilots of the new assessments in 2022 and the first full-scale assessment round for these new standards in 2023 indicate that if they are adopted as a corequisite for NCEA as planned, completion rates for the qualification will fall precipitously. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

Policy Point

5 December, 2023

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Media Release: New NCEA Literacy and Numeracy tests risk setting students up to fail

Wellington (Tuesday, 5 December 2023) – Changes are coming to the way New Zealand students will be tested for reading, writing, and numeracy for NCEA. From 2026, if students fail any one of these new tests, they will not be able to achieve any level of NCEA. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

5 December, 2023

Streaming - What we (don’t) know

Those of you who remember your school days and those who currently have kids at school, may be aware of streaming – the practice of separating students into classes based on their stage of learning. Streaming is very common in our secondary schools. Read more

ZB Plus

29 November, 2023

Class Divides: Streaming in our schools

Many readers will remember being in streamed classes at school. Perhaps you were in a top English class but a lower maths class. Read more

Insights Newsletter

24 November, 2023

Podcast: Class divides? The impact of classroom streaming

Dr Michael Johnston and Ben Macintyre talk about the impact of classroom streaming in NZ, which is the subject of their new research report. It is a topic of debate in NZ, with calls for the practice to be banned by 2030. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

22 November, 2023

Class Divides?: The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality

Classroom streaming – the separation of students into classes based on their prior attainment – is currently a topic of debate in New Zealand. Some commentators have called for the practice to be banned. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

Research Report

21 November, 2023

Newstalk ZB mentions our new education report

Our latest education report Class Divides?: The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality was featured in Newstalk ZB's morning news segment across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Listen below. Read more

Newstalk ZB

21 November, 2023

Media Release: Class Divides? The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality

Wellington (Monday, 20 November 2023) – There have been calls to ban streaming in New Zealand schools. Streaming is the practice of separating students into different classes based on their prior learning. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

20 November, 2023

Dr Michael Johnston mentioned by Newstalk ZB on modern learning environments

Newstalk ZB mentions Dr Michael Johnston regarding his inquiries to the Ministry of Education about basic information about modern learning environments. Listen below. Read more

Newstalk ZB

20 November, 2023

Eliminating human error

When it comes to the annual NCEA exam round, no news is good news. News about exams almost always signals that something has gone wrong. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

Insights Newsletter

17 November, 2023

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